If you haven’t watched Avengers: Endgame yet, don’t watch this Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer, there are big, movie-ruining spoilers, like right out of the gate. But don’t worry, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, Tom Holland, will also warn you. And wow, it’s been a busy weekend and I just looked at the box office numbers and, you know what, with a $2+ billion haul, there probably aren’t many of you who haven’t seen Endgame. Damn. Anyway, check out the trailer below.
Once Marvel snagged back the rights to Spider-Man (or at least worked out whatever back-alley deal they agreed upon with Sony), they turned in Spider-Man: Homecoming, easily the best Wall Crawler adventure since Sam Raimi took a swat at the character. (Admittedly, I haven’t seen Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is supposed to be fabulous—but I’m talking live-action here.) The Web Slinger is back once again in 2019 for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and you can watch the first teaser trailer now.
When The First Purge, the latest in
Blumhouse’s saga of a future where all crime is legal for one night, sticks to
the horror elements that drive the franchise, it’s often quite effective. In
short bursts, it taps an underlying sense of dread and evokes a visceral,
gut-level terror. When the protagonists stumble their way through dark streets,
pursued by gangs of giddily murderous revelers draped in eerie masks, it’s
tense and scary and raw. The framework around these moments, however, doesn’t always
support the weight.
As a film series, The Purge films
fluctuate wildly. The first had a cool concept, but turned in a mostly middling
home invasion yarn. The Purge: Anarchy is an
exploitation-style throwback that opens up the world and, IMO, is the best of the
bunch. The Purge: Election Year tried to up the crazy, with
mixed results—there’s good and less good. But these movies are also cheap,
quick to produce, and crazy profitable. Which is why The First Purge
is upon us, and you can watch the first trailer now and gawk at a new poster.
I know it’s hard to get excited for a third Spider-Man
franchise in the last decade and a half, especially given that the previous endeavor was so lackluster. (Okay, it’s not that hard.) And
if the fact that the Wall Crawler is back in Marvel’s hands where he belongs,
or his appearance in Captain America: Civil War didn’t do it
for you, this new Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer should do the
trick.
